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title: "2 Beverly hills Quotes By Michael Korda"
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> [I attended first a military academy, then a public school in Beverly Hills, where we lived, and many of my classmates were the children of movie stars and studio executives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/i-attended-first-a-military-academy-then-a-public-school-in-beverly/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/michael-korda-2925_beverly-hills_i-attended-first-a-military-academy-then_676161.png)

> [I once attended a birthday party where Danny Kaye dropped in to entertain the birthday boy and his guests; I was sometimes taken for lunch on Saturdays by my father to The Brown Derby; and my favorite meal is still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/i-once-attended-a-birthday-party-where-danny-kaye-dropped-in-to/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1f/michael-korda-2925_beverly-hills_i-once-attended-a-birthday-party-where-d_2258682.png)

## Other authors on Beverly hills

- [Spencer Paysinger 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beverly-hills/spencer-paysinger/)

## More by Michael Korda

> [Hebron is a bone of contention between Israeli settlers and the Palestinians in part because Abraham is buried there, in the Tomb of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/hebron-is-a-bone-of-contention-between-israeli-settlers-and-the/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

> [In 'Gran Torino,' Eastwood moves towards the climax of the movie not by staging a shoot-out, but by putting his weapons to one side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/in-gran-torino-eastwood-moves-towards-the-climax-of-the-movie-not-by/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

> [Some people are so famous that the legends about them and the cultural aftermath of their life altogether obscure the real human being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/some-people-are-so-famous-that-the-legends-about-them-and-the/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

> [The advice I would offer to any writer is that even when you think you have revised your book to the point where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/the-advice-i-would-offer-to-any-writer-is-that-even-when-you-think/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

> [Citizens of Rome might boast that the claim of 'Civus romanus sum' set them apart from barbarians and slaves, and it was true up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/citizens-of-rome-might-boast-that-the-claim-of-civus-romanus-sum-set/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

> [Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/concentration-is-the-magic-key-that-opens-the-door-to-accomplishment/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

> [Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/luck-can-often-mean-simply-taking-advantage-of-a-situation-at-the/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

> [Nothing is more difficult than to recreate in all its complexity than a distant age, and not only to get it right but make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/nothing-is-more-difficult-than-to-recreate-in-all-its-complexity-than/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

> [The American system demands success, and in order to succeed we must first believe that we can. Yet our society, with its intolerance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/the-american-system-demands-success-and-in-order-to-succeed-we-must/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

> [In my experience, with very few exceptions - I am, as it happens, one of the exceptions - the one thing that most editors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/in-my-experience-with-very-few-exceptions-i-am-as-it-happens-one-of/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

> [We British and Americans have never been conquered and occupied by the Germans, or forced to make the choice between defiance and collaboration, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/we-british-and-americans-have-never-been-conquered-and-occupied-by/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

> [Ronald Reagan had a kind of shallow movie-star charisma - a combination of makeup and the skill of a good actor - but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/ronald-reagan-had-a-kind-of-shallow-movie-star-charisma-a-combination/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

> [An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/an-ounce-of-hypocrisy-is-worth-a-pound-of-ambition/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

> [The men who died at D-Day did not die shoulder-to-shoulder with their French comrades. They died to liberate the French from a sinister and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/the-men-who-died-at-d-day-did-not-die-shoulder-to-shoulder-with-their/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

> [One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-korda/one-way-to-keep-momentum-going-is-to-have-constantly-greater-goals/)

[Michael Korda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-korda/)

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